In the cinema, on the big screen, "Journey to the West: Conquer the Demons", which Zhou Xingchi has been honing for four years, is being shown.
Even if Zhou Xingchi's comedy is not starring, even as the New Year is approaching, the premiere venue is still full.
The titles of the films are all "Journey to the West: Conquer the Demons", which must be related to Journey to the West.
It begins with Chen Xuanzang, a young monk played by Wen Zhang during the Tang Dynasty, exterminating demons in a small fishing village and getting acquainted with the exorcist Miss Duan.
Jokes are definitely indispensable in Stephen Chow's movies.
It was unheard of to use three hundred Tang poems to ward off demons. Li Qian could clearly hear it, and some people in the back row couldn't help but laugh.
Then we met here because we were dealing with a pig demon in Gaolaozhuang. The pig demon is Zhu Bajie. However, whether compared to the 86 version or Zhang Wei's version of Li Yaoxiang's Zhu Bajie, the Zhu Bajie in "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons" is more consistent with the appearance of a monster.
Imagery.
It's really scary, a bit dark and windy.
However, Zhu Bajie was not so easy to deal with, but Miss Duan fell in love with Xuanzang at first sight.
After failing to eliminate the demon, Xuanzang went to ask his master, who asked him to find Sun Wukong who was trapped under the Wuzhi Mountain.
On the way, he met Miss Duan again. Miss Duan tried to coax and lie to be with Xuanzang, but was repeatedly rejected. Under the guidance of the four, she became more feminine, but it had the opposite effect.
If Li Qian's guess is correct, this Miss Duan should be referring to Luo Huijuan.
For Zhou Xingchi, Luo Huijuan is the person he misses the most and loves most in his life, not Zhu Yin as netizens often say, which is purely influenced by "Westward Journey".
The shadow of Luo Huijuan can be found in his previous movies.
Movies such as "The Return of the Soul", "Kung Fu Football", and "The King of Comedy" all have scenes of slipping on a banana peel.
Probably because Zhou Xingchi felt that this was something that made him very happy, but what made him happy was not necessarily the person who slipped on the banana, but also the person who slipped.
When Zhou Xingchi and Luo Huijuan were filming "The Greatest Hero", during an interview, Zhou Xingchi said a funny thing, making fun of Luo Huijuan for stepping on a banana peel and falling to her feet, like a cockroach. She laughed loudly when she said it, and she was so happy.
It doesn't work.
The Miss Duan in "Journey to the West: Conquer the Demons" was named Duan. In "The Hero", the starting point of Zhou Xingchi's career, Zhou Xingchi played a character called Duan Fei, and Luo Huijuan played Duan Fei's lover. They also fell in love because of this drama.
There was Du Juaner in "The King of Comedy", the mute girl in "Kung Fu", and before that, Luo Huijuan was deaf.
In "Journey to the West to Conquer the Demons", Miss Duan said that she just wanted to find a husband, start a family with her, and have a bunch of babies. This man was Xuanzang.
As a result, Xuanzang said, "You're crazy!"
Luo Huijuan once said in an interview, "My dream is to marry the person I like and be a good wife and mother...I don't know if it's inappropriate or what...I am crazy about you, but you think I'm crazy."
She wants to get married and start a family, while Zhou Xingchi is on the rise in his career. He has become the highest-grossing actor in Hong Kong from a supporting role since he was a child. In addition, his mother does not like Luo Huijuan. The two of them spend less time together and stay apart more. The pressure increases sharply, the scandals increase, and communication becomes difficult.
It didn't work, so we broke up.
The shadow of Luo Huijuan can be seen in basically all the movies directed by Zhou Xingchi.
Including "Mermaid" which has not appeared yet, in the song "How Lonely Is Invincible", the sentence "She hiding in the horizon, can you listen to me" should refer to the deceased Luo Huijuan.
Of course, it may just be a coincidence. After all, no one knows except Zhou Xingchi himself. Li Qian's wild guess is just like a film critic analyzing a movie.
My thoughts returned to the movie, which had reached its final climax.
The Five-Shaped Fist, Tiancanjiao, and the Young Master with Kidney Deficiency appeared and tried to subdue Sun Wukong, but their strength was too far apart, so he was defeated by Sun Wukong one after another.
At the critical moment, Miss Duan showed up and risked her life to save Chen Xuanzang. Only then did Chen Xuanzang realize that he truly loved Miss Duan. Before he died, he confessed his love to Duan, and then he discovered that the tattered "Three Hundred Children's Songs" that Miss Duan had repaired had been put together again. He learned the Great Sun Tathagata Sutra to subdue Sun Wukong, and put the Wuding flying ring left by Miss Duan on Sun Wukong's head, turning it into a golden hoop.
In the end, Xuanzang understood that "only after you have experienced pain can you know the real pain; only after you have experienced attachment can you let go of your attachment; only after you have experienced the Lian Gua can you understand the Wuqian Gua". He suddenly understood the Buddhist teachings and took over the master's order to lead Sun Wukong, the pig demon and the river. The demon went to the West to obtain scriptures.
This is not a comedy at all. To be precise, it is the same genre as "The Truman Show".
It also looks absurd and funny on the surface, but behind the joking appearance is the sadness and suffering of the little people.
In fact, you can tell by looking at three main points: beauties are for killing, heroes are for recruiting, and lovers are for sharing.
Using large-scale special effects to create an indomitable and evil Sun Wukong who dares to fight Tathagata, and then easily recruit him, how ironic.
If Li Qian were a film critic, he would definitely write like this.
The movie is just like Zhou Xingchi's life. What he loves most is actually himself, which also fits another negative label on him: ego, even selfishness.
However, people are all selfish.
"Pah, pah, pah..."
After the movie was screened, Li Qian applauded along with the audience.
This is a good movie, it mainly depends on which angle you look at it. If you watch it as a comedy, you will probably be a little disappointed, and it may scare the children.
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After the premiere, there were mixed reviews online. Some said it was not a comedy, while others said it was very scary.
Of course, there are also interpretations of the movie from various angles, with thousands of words written in lengthy essays, interpreting various meanings.
However, after being released on the first day of the Lunar New Year, "Journey to the West: Conquer the Demons" still burst out with unparalleled energy.
It exceeded 80 million on the first day.
Second only to the first-day box office of "The Truman Show".
On the first day of the new year, Zhou Xingchi's movie "Journey to the West: Conquer the Demons" became the hottest topic on the first day with a box office of 80 million on the first day.
It was very controversial, with many viewers posting, saying that the whole family was supposed to watch a comedy to relax during the Chinese New Year, but in the end, children as young as several years old were frightened and cried.
There are many similar viewers, and many viewers responded that this is not a comedy at all, but is more like a thriller.
A comedy that was originally marketed as a family entertainment turned into a thriller.
The big fish at the beginning, and the Zhu Bajie section, the human flesh hanging upside down in the oven, the sharp nine-tooth rake, the corpses on the ground in Xuanzang's illusion, the ugly Wukong, and the three exorcists being burned to ashes... ..
This scene was a bit horrifying, which attracted a lot of complaints from the audience watching the comedy.
However, some viewers said that this is the real Journey to the West. Compared with Sun Wukong, Zhu Bajie, and Sha Seng, the three apprentices in previous editions of "Journey to the West" have simply become good babies.
It is also said that it is a money-making movie.
In short, the controversy is huge, and there are all kinds of voices, some saying it is a masterpiece, and some saying it is a bad movie.
The most important thing is that some scenes in the movie are a bit scary, and it is a family time like the Spring Festival, which has a great impact on the box office.
Of the 80 million on the first day, only 75 million was taken on the second day of junior high. It did not rise but fell.
Although it swept all the movies in the same period, this trend is definitely not satisfactory.
However, for other companies, it is a relief at this time.
"The Truman Show" has just won 1.8 billion at the box office, sweeping all the blockbusters in the Lunar New Year festival.
This is enough to make the major companies uncomfortable. If "Journey to the West: Conquer the Demons" continues to hit 80 million on the first day and breaks another 1 billion, then the major companies will really vomit blood.
Now, during the holiday, the box office dropped on the second day after it was released, which gave major companies a reassurance.
Yu Dong, Wang Changtian, Zhang Zhao and others have put their minds aside a little bit. If "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons" also breaks one billion, they really have the urge not to make a movie.
What a heck, four or five movies throughout the year have not sold a billion at the box office, but Li Qian alone has sold 1.8 billion, and he has released another movie worth 1 billion, so everyone should just close down.
Song Ge also breathed a sigh of relief at this time. According to the trend of falling the next day, the loss of missing this movie is not very big. Otherwise, even if he had no choice but to be taken advantage of by Li Qian, his heart would be blocked.
panic.
As for Huang Zhongjun, he even happily drank an extra bowl of porridge in the morning.
"Journey to the West: Conquer the Demons" was originally his goal, but he didn't expect that it would be cut off in advance by Li Qian.
Yesterday, when the box office of 80 million was released on the first day, Huang Zhongjun couldn't even eat breakfast. Now seeing the polarization of word-of-mouth and the box office falling on the second day, I felt so happy that I made up for all the breakfast I didn't eat yesterday.
came back.
"one more bowl."
Huang Zhongjun laughed and handed the bowl to the nanny. He was about to eat the third bowl. It was rare to eat like this.
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However, there are no new films released during the Spring Festival this year, only a hodgepodge comedy "The Better and Better Village Wan" starring Aaron Kwok, Wang Baoqiang, Wu Junru and Xu Jinglei.
From the title and the time period of the Spring Festival, you can probably guess what kind of movie it is.
Even as the Chinese New Year is approaching, people who go out to work have to come back and have a lively party.
It is basically the best bad movie of the year that has been booked in advance. It can even be said to be worse than "Da Takesei: The Code of Heaven and Earth" and "Far Cry" starring Yang Mi, who has been criticized as a bad movie professional in the past two years.
Even compared with these two movies, the two bad movies starring Yang Mi can be said to be good.
To call "Better and Better Village Wan" a movie is to insult the word movie.
This movie doesn't have a story at all. No matter how bad the movie is, it at least has a main storyline, and every star has at least a name and a fixed appearance in the movie.
But in this film, when each character appears, the name next to it is the actor's name, not the name of the character in the play.
That’s a bullshit label. Who doesn’t know Aaron Kwok and Wang Baoqiang?
A movie that is too energy-consuming to watch on a computer, with all its far-fetched logic and plot, is nothing more than a far-fetched attempt to connect popular elements.
For example, the name of the village girl played by Sandra Ng is Yuan Fang. A pan appears in her hand for no reason, so why not play the role of Red Wolf?
I even fell down and traveled to The Legend of Zhen Huan.
Aaron Kwok suddenly had a cavalry experience and just wanted to do a horse riding dance.
In the past, during the Spring Festival, even the most vulgar comedy movies could sell some money at the box office. A bad movie like "Happy Home" could sell more than 100 million.
However, after "Better and Better Village Wan" received 8 million on the first day, the box office was cut in half on the second day, leaving only 3 million.
A comedy with a big star and Wang Baoqiang. During the Spring Festival period, there was only one movie "Journey to the West: Conquer the Demons" in the same period. It only took this little box office, which is enough to show how bad the movie is.
The opponent is not strong enough. Even though "Journey to the West: Conquer the Demons" is as scary as it is said on the Internet, and its reputation is divided, the box office of "Journey to the West" rose back to 80 million in the third year of junior high school.
Seeing that the box office has increased again, the bosses of major companies feel uncomfortable again.
Huang Zhongjun was slowly drinking porridge at home. Looking at the data in front of him, he became more and more panicked. He drank half of a small bowl of porridge and couldn't finish it.
His nanny was puzzled. During every breakfast in the first grade of junior high school, she drank three bowls of porridge in the second grade of junior high school, and only half a bowl in the third grade of junior high school.
"Isn't Mr. Huang sick?" the nanny thought to herself. It's definitely not a problem with her craftsmanship!
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Finally, a new movie was released on the third day of junior high school. The romance film "101 Proposals" starring Huang Bo and Lin Chiling took in a high box office of 13 million on the first day.
According to the comments of some netizens, the romance movie starring Huang Bo and Lin Chiling was simply eye-catching, reminding them of the boat scene played by Huang Bo and Liu Tao in "Moon".
It's also a bad movie, but Gao Yixiang is quite handsome.
This is a bizarre story about a diaosi catching up with Bai Fumei. The huge contrast between men and women is simply speechless.
It would be fine if the plot could justify itself, but...
As the core of the romance film, the acting skills of the heroine Lin Zhiling are simply amazing. Her face is paralyzed throughout the whole scene, coupled with her whiny voice, it is simply a kind of torture.
In the next two days, "101 Proposals" took in 15 million at the box office on the 13th, and the single-day box office on Valentine's Day on the 14th soared to 43 million.
However, the main star of the Spring Festival is "Journey to the West: Conquer the Demons", which earned 183 million on the fourth and fifth days of the lunar month. Among them, Valentine's Day exceeded 100 million in a single day, earning 110 million.
Facts have proven that many people go to movies not just to watch movies.
418 million in 5 days, a figure that can rank among the top three in Chinese-language film history. It has great potential to hit 1 billion.
"Journey to the West: Conquer the Demons" can definitely be said to have swept the Spring Festival schedule. The total number of movie tickets released since the first day of the Lunar New Year is less than a quarter of "Journey to the West: Conquer the Demons".
Completely swept away, this Lunar New Year slot belongs to Future Pictures, which caused a lot of lamentation in the industry.
On the 15th, the Oscar judging stage also arrived, and Li Qian flew to Milijian again after a month.